title: Pneumothoraces and Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in two AIDS patients receiving aerosolized pentamidine.
abstract: Two cases of focal recurrent Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) associated with pneumothorax occurred in patients with AIDS who had received aerosolized pentamidine therapy. A resected lung specimen from one patient suggested that subpleural cavitary lung destruction by P carinii was pathogenically responsible for the pneumothorax. This report represents the first case known to the author documenting the etiology of PCP-associated pneumothorax by pathologic examination.
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Francisco.
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Scannell
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D000336:Aerosols; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010419:Pentamidine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000150:complications*; D012008:Recurrence
chemical_list: D000336:Aerosols; D010419:Pentamidine